<OT> Re: Unity ROCKS not!!!

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Thu, 12 May 2011 15:13:48 +0100
Tony Pursell <ajp at princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 08:02 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 May 2011 23:26:54 -0700
> > Ernest Doub <hideserted at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > 1.2 US Gallons = 5 US Quarts = 1 Imperial Gallon
> > > What I stated originally.
> > 
> > That's obviously wrong as a US gallon is equal to 4 US quarts
> > making 5 US quarts equal to 1.25 US gallons, not 1.2.  There is no
> > need to look it up at all.  It is why they're called, "quarts."
> > 
> > Cybe R. Wizard
> 
> No! it is 1.20095 US gallons to one British gallon.  See
> 
> http://convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/Measurement/Converter.ASP
> 
> Put in 'British gallon' to Convert From: and 'gallon' (on its own,
> because this is a US site) to Convert To:
> 
> Tony
> 
Read again (right up there un-snipped) what it was that Ernest actually
wrote. It was not about conversion but measurement.  He stated that
1.2 /US/ gallons was equal to 5 /US/ quarts, a blatant impossibility no
matter whether either is equal to however many Imperial gallons.

Here, I'll paste it in for you:
> > > 1.2 US Gallons = 5 US Quarts...

Heck, do the math.  

1 gallon = 4 quarts
5 quarts divided by four quarts = 1.25 gallons    (not 1.2)

I understand that they are very close to the same but, "equal," has its
own peculiarity that doesn't lend itself to approximation.

Cybe R. Wizard
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